Search

    Start Over Subject Term information gathering Subject Term value of information Subject Term weather reports

    1. Assessing the economic value of seasonal climate forecasts for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe using contingency valuation approach

    <span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.bibleaves.discover_item">Discover Item</span>
    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Makaudze, Ephias M. (author) and Centre for the Study of African Economics, University of Oxford, UK.
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2007-03-18
    Published:
    Zimbabwe
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27990
    Notes:
    Presented at "Economic Development in Africa" conference, University of Oxford, UK, March 18-20, 2007. 20 pages.

    2. Impact of SMS-based agricultural information on Indian farmers

    <span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.bibleaves.discover_item">Discover Item</span>
    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fafchamps, Marcel (author) and Minten, Burt (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012-10
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06186
    Journal Title:
    World Bank Economic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    26(3) : 383-414
    Notes:
    Experiment using a commercial service called Reuters Market Lights. Market, weather and other information provided to farmers by mobile phones resulted in no statistically significant average treatment effect on the prices received by farmers, crop losses resulting from rainstorms, or the likelihood of changing crop varieties and cultivation practices.